New Places

[ursus]

Since some of us are in new locales, here's a place to describe the rest-y-rants we are trying.

El Mezcal II:
Meh, but it had been 10 or so days since I had sit down Mexican food. I'm not sure if most gringos here (KS) know what a jalapeno is for, the salsa was really weak. It was better than Taco-Hell. Dazie had a relleno that was pretty tasty.

[ReBurn]

I went to a Mexican restaurant that I had never been to called Sr. Tequila.  It was pretty good, although not exactly authentic.  I had chicken nachos, which I thought were really, really good.  I couldn't eat the chips on the bottom because the oil from the chicken had soaked into them, turning them into one huge mushy glob, but the endless supply of fresh, hot tortilla chips they kept feeding us more than made up for that deficit.

** and a half out of ****

[dazie]

The salsa was, I believe, canned.   

However, as soon as my multiple bank snafus get cleared up, we're headed to the "Mad Greek" restaurant, and the "Addis Abbaba" Ethiopian restaurant, and "Arabian Nights" restaurant and and and...

  I'm so excited!

[Gamplayerx]

Have you had Ethiopian food before?  I'm not a big fan.  The concept is good, but the execution, meh.

[dazie]

Nope.  It never really occured to me that there IS Ethiopian cuisine.  I mean, look at all those starving children.  If they had cuisine, you'd think they wouldn't be starving.   


(is going to hell)

[Infobahn]

Macadoos in Roanoke (and western VA) is a sandwich place that has 100 different items, in a place that looks like TGIFridays.  Pretty good, excellent bread, chips, no fires.

[ignom]

Macadoos in Roanoke (and western VA) is a sandwich place that has 100 different items, in a place that looks like TGIFridays.  Pretty good, excellent bread, chips, no fires.

No fires? That's a deal breaker.

[Infobahn]

Damn you.

[Gamplayerx]

Nope.  It never really occured to me that there IS Ethiopian cuisine.  I mean, look at all those starving children.  If they had cuisine, you'd think they wouldn't be starving.   


(is going to hell)

No, you're not going to hell.  As I said, the concept is good, but the execution is lacking.  The gist is that they don't use plates or utensils.  What they do is make this big rubbery pancake-like thing.  That's your plate and your fork.  They dollop blobs of differently colored goo around and you tear off pieces of the rubbery pancake-like thing to scoop up and eat the goo.  The goo itself is pretty good (depending on the color - I didn't care for one of the colors much), but the rubbery pancake-like thing is not so tasty.

[dazie]

mmm.  gooo.

[BigDun]

Nope.  It never really occured to me that there IS Ethiopian cuisine.  I mean, look at all those starving children.  If they had cuisine, you'd think they wouldn't be starving.   


(is going to hell)

No, you're not going to hell.  As I said, the concept is good, but the execution is lacking.  The gist is that they don't use plates or utensils.  What they do is make this big rubbery pancake-like thing.  That's your plate and your fork.  They dollop blobs of differently colored goo around and you tear off pieces of the rubbery pancake-like thing to scoop up and eat the goo.  The goo itself is pretty good (depending on the color - I didn't care for one of the colors much), but the rubbery pancake-like thing is not so tasty.

My brother took my wife, mom, and I to an Ethiopian place in Chicago. My brother and wife loved it because it was 100% vegetarian. My mom thought it was Ok. I thought it was meh. I would rather have eaten at a TGI Friday's personally.

[DownSouth]

I'm not eating at an Ethiopian restaurant in South Carolina.  The Mexican food is bad enough.

[dazie]

We had Greek food for lunch.  Yum.

Although, I'd have rather had another dolma instead of the mushy green beans.

[ursus]

I'm not eating at an Ethiopian restaurant in South Carolina. The Mexican food is bad enough.

[DownSouth]

I'm not eating at an Ethiopian restaurant in South Carolina. The Mexican food is bad enough.

I just meant the mexican food here.  I love Mexican food but after living in SoCal and my mom living in Tucson I got spoiled.

[ReBurn]

I went to this place today:

http://www.yoburrito.com/home.html

My rating:  muh. 

You can do much better.

[DownSouth]

http://www.moes.com/index.php

That's going across the street.  Anybody had it?  Any good?

[BigDun]

http://www.moes.com/index.php

That's going across the street.  Anybody had it?  Any good?

I loves me some Moe's.

WELCOME TO MOE'S!

[DownSouth]

Good

[Infobahn]

I'm not eating at an Ethiopian restaurant in South Carolina. The Mexican food is bad enough.

My brother likes Don Pedro's in Columbia.  (No, not Don Pablos)

[ReBurn]

http://www.moes.com/index.php

That's going across the street.  Anybody had it?  Any good?

I loves me some Moe's.

WELCOME TO MOE'S!

I like Moe's.  Good quesadillas.  I get mine with peppers, onions and mushrooms for an additional $.79.  Totally worth it.

[Beefy]

My lunch will once again be boring today.  Leaves with some tuna on them.

[DownSouth]

I'm not eating at an Ethiopian restaurant in South Carolina. The Mexican food is bad enough.

My brother likes Don Pedro's in Columbia.  (No, not Don Pablos)

That's on the other side of the city.

[Infobahn]

I'm not eating at an Ethiopian restaurant in South Carolina. The Mexican food is bad enough.

My brother likes Don Pedro's in Columbia.  (No, not Don Pablos)

That's on the other side of the city.

You make it sound like Columbia is huge.
Get in your car and drive, you bum.

[DownSouth]

Ask your brother what Two Notch Rd. is associated with.  Hint: I keep them in the trunk.